Power always corrupts the one who holds it

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely",this powerful quote was said by Lord Acton in the 19th century. When I heard this quote it made me wonder does power always corrupt a person or does a person corrupt a person?

      In the modern days many people assume that the more power and money you have the better you life will be, well I'm not going to say that what they think is completely wrong, but in my opinion I don't think you need money or power, or the most updated piece of technology, etc to be happy in life,but I ask myself don't you just need friends and family to be happy? To me just being comfortable in my life surrounded by my friends and family is what makes me happy, and the person, and I don't think just because someone is a very powerful person, or has lots of money that's what makes them they way they are. The Lord Of The Rings is a good example of how powerful the desire for power is, and it can corrupt any man. Once you put the 'ring' on your finger you loose your ability to be true to you feelings and beliefs. The leaders from the movie became corrupted from having power and refused to remove the 'ring'.

      Why do people become corrupted? Why do they do what they do? These are just a few of the many questions I ask myself, and though I know that there is no concrete answer for my questions i know there is still ideas that somewhat answer these questions. One idea is that when you have power you develop pride and when they get power their thinking slowly becomes corrupted because they start making choices that only benefit themselves, and I think the more power a person has the more freedom they have for their choices. I think Hitler is a good example, would Hitler have done what he did to the Jewish people if it wasn't for the amount of power he was given? I think he wouldn't have done what he did, why? the answer is simple its because if he didn't have the power he wouldn't have the confidence to conquer all of the Jewish people.

      Power does not always corrupt a person to me power is just a little push given to a person who is already corrupt.There can be good things that come out from having power if you use your power in the right way. One way can be having [power can give you less stress, I think the better a person is with being able to cope with situations the less stress you will have, another is you can use you power to help others in need like donating money and helping kids in places that aren't in good condition, like Africa.

     "Nothing changes until you change. Everything changes once you change" This quote was said by an anonymous person, I personally like this quote and think it relates to this topic well, because it supports my argument that power does not corrupt people, but people corrupt people.

Loyalty, is there positive and negative effects of being too loyal ?

Loyalty is a word that you either hear, or don't hear too often, and it is mostly described as a good personality trait or quality. I think that loyalty is very important in friendships, business relationships, and in personal relationships, but being too loyal to someone can have its disadvantages and it has me asking myself the question, is loyalty always a good thing ?

Loyalty has many positive outcomes and benefits to it. One benefit is that when you are loyal you earn trust, admiration, and even a thanks from someone important to you like your boss, your family member, or a lover. When you have trust from someone you feel good about yourself, and the other person would have a good feeling towards you, because you were loyal to them. Another good benefit of being loyal is that you earn a good reputation for yourself. Having a good reputation can be very important for you throughout your career and life, and in the yes of others you would be a person with a reputation that is unbreakable. Lastly from being a loyal person y wold have great success and have many life time opportunities coming towards you, because people know that you are a loyal trust worthy person who will not let them down.

Although loyalty is a very good thing in life, it can also have negative outcomes and cause some set backs in ones life. One negative outcome is that you can experience a lost of personal judgement and thinking ability for yourself. When you are too loyal to someone you start to lose your personal judgement and feel like they should decide what is best for you and maybe even how you should live your life. Secondly you can be be taken advantage by the other person whether its physically, or mentally. Being taken advantage of can lead you to doing things that you don't want to do, or taking a blame for the other person, because they asked you too and you have absolute loyalty for them. Lastly the other person would know you have complete loyalty to them and would probably end up mistreating you, and instead of thinking of you as a friend and human they would treat you like a slave or animal

To me personally loyalty means just three things to me. One is that you have someone to lean on, not just a regular friend or person, but someone you know who is loyal to you and you know will help you through your troubles. Secondly it means the willingness to help one another, by this I don't mean that they would lend you money or anything whenever you forget your wallet, but I mean that both parties should be loyal and willing to help through hardships , even if it is just helping bringing in groceries to the house. Lastly and personally to me is the most important is honesty. As i said before loyalty earns you a good reputation from others , trust, and success, but not only do you have to be loyal, nut you have to be honest to or else how do you expect others to be loyal and honest towards you?

In my opinion loyalty is a diverse word. It has its positives which could really benefit you, but sometimes loyalty can bring negative impacts to their lives. I think to avoid these negatives impacts and effects to our lives, we should learn to stop when the negative effects are impacting the way you live, or think.

Shakespeare Resources

Here are some resources about shakespeare I found that had good information and works of his :

http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_shakespeare.html